- Audience-Alienating Era: The last two albums of their original run, Bark and Long John Silver, were lukewarmly received, viewed as unfocused and unmemorable. The 1989 reunion album was also considered underwhelming.
- Awesome Music: "White Rabbit" and "Somebody to Love" from Surrealistic Pillow are both regarded as defining songs of The '60s.
- Covered Up: Grace Slick brought both "Somebody to Love" and "White Rabbit" with her from the Great Society, and the Airplane versions are a bit different than the originals (even though Slick still sings lead).
- Hilarious in Hindsight:
- "White Rabbit" begins with the immortal line "one pill makes you larger" — but considering how old they've gotten, that line has probably taken on an entirely new meaning for some of the male bandmates.
- It also takes a new meaning when you find out that their first public performance was in a San Francisco club called "The Matrix".
- Misattributed Song: Shocking Blue's "Venus" was so much In the Style of Jefferson Airplane that some listeners incorrectly assume they did the song.
- Nightmare Fuel: "The House at Pooneil Corners" from Crown of Creation due to its menacing intro melody, chaotic sound, lyrics about nuclear war and Jorma Kaukonen's air raid siren-like guitar line. Also, the cover, which depicts an atomic explosion.
- Pop-Culture Urban Legends: Paul Kantner and Grace Slick did not name their daughter god (with a lowercase "g", "because we are humble"). Grace joked about giving the child that name, first mentioned in a Rolling Stone article while she was pregnant, then later supposedly to a nurse at the hospital (who took the Trolling seriously and reported it to the media), but the name on the birth certificate is China Wing Kantner, which is still a prime example of a Hippie Name bestowed by Hippie Parents (though Wing is actually Grace's maiden name).
- Spiritual Successor: Jefferson Starship, which evolved into Starship. There are also the offshoots Hot Tuna (Kaukonen and Casady, but most of the other Airplane members participated at various points) and the KBC Band (Kantner, Balin and Casady, formed after Kantner left Jefferson Starship in 1984).
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